Rhode Island became the 13th state on May 29, 1790.

Its civic life is compact but not simple: coastal communities, ports, manufacturing history, universities, cities, tourism, and local governments all sit close together. Public decisions about housing, shoreline resilience, schools, transit, public health, and economic development can affect neighboring communities quickly because the state is small and interconnected. The page continues with Rhode Island’s actual representatives, state offices, and the records that document them.

Hope

State Motto
U.S. Representatives2Population-based districts
U.S. Senators2Same for every state
StatehoodMay 29, 179013th state admitted
Federal Delegation

Rhode Island's voice in Congress.

Every state has two senators. Its number of representatives is set by population and can change after each census.

4Members total
2Districts
119thCurrent Congress
About Congress About the Senate About the House State Election Office

Rhode Island's Delegation

Choose a member to see their contact information, congressional work, and committee assignments.

Senator

Jack Reed (Democrat)

Senator

Sheldon Whitehouse (Democrat)

District 1

Gabe Amo (Democrat)

District 2

Seth Magaziner (Democrat)

The states are the laboratories of democracy.

Justice Louis Brandeis

State Leadership

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Governor

Daniel McKee (Democratic)

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Lieutenant Governor

Sabina Matos (Democratic)

Quick Facts

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Capital

Providence

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Population

Approximately 1.11 million

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Electoral votes

4

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Congressional districts

2

Official Links

Use these sources to check current state records, filings, elections, and public notices.

RI.gov

Official Rhode Island state government portal.

Rhode Island Legislature

State bill text, committee schedules, and session information.

Elections Office

Elections, voter registration, and official filings.

Congress.gov

Federal bill text, actions, sponsors, and public laws.

How Rhode Island government works

Rhode Island government works through executive agencies, the state legislature, and state courts. Use this tab to choose the right path: agencies for services, the legislature for bills and hearings, and courts for cases, records, forms, and legal-help resources.

Executive Branch

Governor, agencies, and public services

Rhode Island’s executive branch is led by the governor and supported by statewide offices, departments, boards, and agencies. This is usually the best starting point for public services, licenses, benefits, public safety, transportation, revenue, employment, education, and other state-administered programs.

Legislative Branch

Rhode Island General Assembly

Rhode Island’s legislature introduces bills, holds committee hearings, debates policy, approves state budgets, conducts oversight, and represents districts across Rhode Island.

Judicial Branch

Courts, records, and legal help

Rhode Island’s judicial branch handles trial-court cases, appeals, court administration, records, forms, and legal-help resources. Visitors dealing with a court date, filing, case search, legal form, or self-help question should start with the official state judiciary resources.

Rhode Island voting guide

This state-page tab brings together practical voting resources for Rhode Island voters. You can register or update your registration, check registration status, find where to vote, review ballot resources, learn about mail or absentee voting, and use official election-calendar links for final deadlines and dates.

Voting Tools

Plain-language tools that open inside this state voting tab.

RI Links

Official Rhode Island election-office links for deadlines, registration, polling places, ballots, accessibility, rights, and state election calendars.

Official election officeRegister to vote or update registrationCheck registration statusAbsentee, mail, and early voting informationFind your polling placeFind ballot and election informationVoting accessibility resourcesVoting rights resourcesElection calendar and dates

While we do our best to provide accurate information, be sure to use your official state election calendar for final details.